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| 600-year-old Shipwreck Being Explored. |
After removing centuries of sand and silt, the team realized they had uncovered the world’s largest cog, a type of ship developed in the North Sea region during the Middle Ages. The ship, named Svælget 2, measures around 28 meters (92 feet) long, 9 meters (30 feet) wide, and 6 meters (20 feet) high, and was large enough to haul up to 300 tons of cargo.
“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology. It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages,”....
Here is the link for more about that.
Marine Archeologists Find The World's Largest Cog Shipwreck From Medieval Times | IFLScience
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I received the following photos and message from Mark G.
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| 50 Caliber Musket Ball Find by Mark G. |
I was melting down some lead this evening, cool in the garage it has been stacking up, the new Manticore loves lead. I dumped out the plastic jar and was loading the smalls first into the “Hot Pot” when I noticed a perfectly round weight, most are egg shaped with a hole through them. When I picked it up it was heavy even for lead I thought this might be a musket ball. I measured it weighted and discussed with my AI copilot and it is most certainly a 50 caliber musket ball. Now where did I find it? I keep a photo record of my finds each hunt even the bad ones so I should have it and I just melted lead back in November so shouldn’t be hard. Found it on December 12th under the same bridge that I found my Reale in the parking lot in 2024. This recreational island was engineered to be built from the spoils from digging of the foundations for the support towers. They have recently refurbished the sand and coral stone around the islands but the island is still eroding away. I attached the photo record of Dec 12, I arrange all my findings in the same order each time see if you can find it, from the top; scrap aluminum bottle caps and junk, next any cars or toys, tent stakes to the left, fishing equipment including lead are next then coins ending with all jewelry on the bottom. This hunt had no tent stakes or kids toys all junk, lead or coins so searching was easier.
I ran this scenario through my AI Copilot and it went crazy.
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| Musket Ball and Other Finds the Same Day by Mark G. |
Thanks for sharing Mark.
Mark's example illustrates a couple things I've said in this blog.
First, you might not identify or truly appreciate a find until much later. In some cases, it can take years before you realize the significance of a find.
Secondly, keeping good records of finds can be very helpful. In this case, his records helped Mark identify the site where he found the musket ball.
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I've been doing a little hunting in a junky areas with the Manticore and I've been impressed by the target ID capabilities. Below is an item I found. Do you know what it is?
Here is the Manticore display for the item. The one thing you can see is the audio tone which was a good high pitch.
Notice the high conductivity number and the small disc shaped object in the center line, which is where you'll generally see coins located on the display. It looked good, so I dug it. At first glance I thought it might be a button or coin. Have you figured it out yet? It is a tough one. I didn't know what it is until I looked I did some research.
Indelbauru makes electrical components. This one is a fuse head or cap. Here is a little about it from their site.
It is the fuse button head made of conductive metals such as copper silver plated. No wonder the conductivity of the item was shown as high.on the Manticore, which has the best target ID capability I've ever used.
With modern technological developments, more and more valuable metals are being used for electrical and technology applications.
If you look closely at the labeling on the fuse button, you'll notice the quality of the laser printing. Those things actually cost about fifty dollars, if you look it up. Of course, you are not likely to ever buy or sell one, but the laser printing suggested something of high quality.
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Tomorrow I plan to elaborate on decision logic for evaluating and selecting sites for metal detecting.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |
It looks like we'll have generally higher surf in the coming week.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net